Elizabeth Evelyn Wright Documentary

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Elizabeth Evelyn Wright (1872-1906) was an African-American educator, social reformer, and founder of Voorhees College in Denmark, South Carolina. She was born on April 3, 1872, in Talbotton, Georgia, during a time of racial segregation and limited educational opportunities for African Americans.
Wright was raised in poverty but was determined to receive an education. At the age of 16, she left home and traveled to Tuskegee, Alabama, where she enrolled at the Tuskegee Institute. She worked as a domestic servant to support herself while pursuing her studies.
Inspired by the educational philosophy of Booker T. Washington, the founder of Tuskegee Institute, Wright believed in the transformative power of education for African Americans. After completing her studies at Tuskegee, she returned to South Carolina and started teaching at the Macedonia School in Denmark.
Realizing the need for higher education opportunities for African Americans in the region, Wright embarked on a mission to establish a college. She started by raising funds and gathering support from local communities, churches, and philanthropists. In 1897, she founded Denmark Industrial School, which later became known as Voorhees Industrial School and eventually Voorhees College.
Voorhees College provided vocational training and academic education to African-American students, focusing on agriculture, carpentry, home economics, and other practical skills. Wright believed that education should not only prepare students for employment but also instill character, discipline, and moral values.
Elizabeth Evelyn Wright’s dedication to education and her tireless efforts to establish Voorhees College played a significant role in expanding educational opportunities for African Americans in South Carolina. She passed away on December 14, 1906, but her legacy lives on through Voorhees College, which continues to educate students to this day.

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  • @msmith4891
    @msmith4891Ай бұрын

    This is amazing. They don’t teach this in school a damn shame.

  • @amycrumedy6586

    @amycrumedy6586

    Ай бұрын

    It is a shame and it could benefit the country as a whole especially to kids of color.

  • @oliviayt9809

    @oliviayt9809

    Ай бұрын

    Exactly, i attended elementary school in Tuskegee and was never taught her story

  • @vickieelisa2248

    @vickieelisa2248

    Ай бұрын

    And unless people are willing to celebrate diversity, you will continue to have these stories blocked, forgotten, ignored and never celebrated as part of American history.

  • @BritneyJones-bg1qk

    @BritneyJones-bg1qk

    29 күн бұрын

    I’m actually learning abt this now lol

  • @jacquelineloverson6392
    @jacquelineloverson6392Ай бұрын

    The young people today should be ashamed every single black person needs to be educated on black history peoples have lost their life so we can have our education and freedom today I really appreciate the doors 🚪 open for us all 🙌🙌

  • @amycrumedy6586

    @amycrumedy6586

    2 күн бұрын

    They need to see and know The good things that black people and how they cared about each other and their success as well as the injustices but the positive side of our history is crucial to our Psychological side especially in our young..

  • @jerryphillips8551
    @jerryphillips8551Ай бұрын

    I have never heard of this powerful and amazing woman. She truly lived a life with a purpose that impacted the world . May God continue to rest her soul.🙏🏾🌹

  • @BearingMySeoul
    @BearingMySeoulАй бұрын

    I don't know how I got on this video but I'm glad I watched it! It's so wonderinful to see how resourceful black Americans have been in pressing forward no matter the barriers! Furthermore, Elizabeth Wright is an amazing role model. I love us. 🥰

  • @dlyourgirl
    @dlyourgirlАй бұрын

    Finding this, the day before Mother's Day(2024), was much needed. 🙌🏾 I'm here, missing my Mother and my GrandMother, who raised me. 💔 Then, this thumbnail caught my attention because she reminded me of someone else, I'm missing. Then, to hear her story... Remarkable! Not only do I know Voorhees Alumni, I've participated in many Homecoming events. She transitioned on, so young but she made the biggest impact, on so many lives... Even through her illness. 💪🏾 But the most touching for me, she started my Grandmother's School, in Fairfax. 🥹 Elizabeth Evelyn Wright's story, is an inspiration to all... May she continue to rest, in Paradise. 💝👑💝

  • @poet82n

    @poet82n

    Ай бұрын

    Blessings to you. I am feeling the same way on Mother's Day. Missing my mom and godmother who have both passed on over the past year. This mini documentary was such a breath of fresh air.

  • @quintinfranklin9168

    @quintinfranklin9168

    28 күн бұрын

    Everyday is mothers day!

  • @amycrumedy6586
    @amycrumedy6586Ай бұрын

    Why can't our people be like they used to be they really faced hard times and still managed to be so caring and industrious.?

  • @cfoster6804

    @cfoster6804

    Ай бұрын

    Maybe because at some point we just got tired of getting stomped out so we just gave up.

  • @clearchannel7773

    @clearchannel7773

    Ай бұрын

    True religion, kept them.

  • @tellitellis4117

    @tellitellis4117

    23 күн бұрын

    Absolutely! We have wealthy men "Beefing" for spectators. 😪

  • @kimberlyoliver200

    @kimberlyoliver200

    4 күн бұрын

    Well said!

  • @charitasalcedo6483
    @charitasalcedo6483Ай бұрын

    Thank you for sharing her beautiful story.

  • @msdimitri1248
    @msdimitri1248Ай бұрын

    Nothing about our rich history has an end, its only revealing more and more in this world. But, one thing for sure our history will not die. Free education right here now🌺❤🙏🏿🙋🏿‍♀🙋🏿‍♀🙋🏿‍♀🙋🏿‍♀

  • @CanePollFishermon
    @CanePollFishermonАй бұрын

    A-man this is a beautiful story, I love stories of dedication and the intelligence of our Black educators, who didn't sell out for less when they knew we were the best, and wanted the best for us. ❤

  • @bonniepeele1504
    @bonniepeele1504Ай бұрын

    EXCELLENT VIDEO, SUPER EXCELLENT WOMAN. More young Black People should hear this story. RIP SOLDIER.🙏🙏🙏❤️

  • @lolakepi
    @lolakepiАй бұрын

    Greetings from PARIS and from global black family.

  • @vmitchell8636
    @vmitchell8636Ай бұрын

    So inspirational. Thank you so much for sharing this history. I learned about this amazing young woman today and I am very grateful. I've heard of Vorhees College but never knew it's history. Again, thank you!!!!👏🏾

  • @VisibleTimes

    @VisibleTimes

    Ай бұрын

    My first time hearing of her and her amazing accomplishments as well as the college.❤RIP Ms. Lizzie ❤

  • @gladysmorgan5653

    @gladysmorgan5653

    9 күн бұрын

    I've Learned Something Today ! Thanks for Sharing. I've also Enjoyed This.

  • @rosalindbryant8995
    @rosalindbryant8995Ай бұрын

    Thanks for sharing this important, impressive history 👏 👍🏽!!!

  • @YasminE-dk6nf
    @YasminE-dk6nfАй бұрын

    Absolutely Amazing Woman, Absolutely Amazing Documentary! 🙏🏽😂. Thank you for this upload. I learned about the Intelligent, Undefeated, and truly Inspiring Ms. Elizabeth Evelyn Wright!

  • @michelletucker9023
    @michelletucker9023Ай бұрын

    Thanks for sharing! what a phenomenom woman. She packed so much into her sbort life. She is an inspiration.

  • @elainesmith7512
    @elainesmith7512Ай бұрын

    This was such an excellent and inspiring documentary about an exceptional and dynamic lady! Mrs. Wright accomplished so much with a lot of opposition and relatively meagar financial resources. God was surely with her, and may she rest in peace assured that she has left a lasting legacy! Thank you so much for sharing this with us. 🙏👍😊❤❤

  • @denisewashington2214
    @denisewashington2214Ай бұрын

    Our "Her"story is RICH! I'm glad to be a member

  • @johncurry-jf6jc
    @johncurry-jf6jcАй бұрын

    So much in just 35 years of being on this earth, very inspiring

  • @gagecarty4290
    @gagecarty4290Ай бұрын

    Facts and stories that were hidden and not told to keep people down

  • @dorothybrown8859

    @dorothybrown8859

    28 күн бұрын

    We also have an obligation to study and research for ourselves.😢l

  • @patticakes5439
    @patticakes5439Ай бұрын

    So glad that I find this story, how awesome was Elizabeth Wright. Look at what she gave to so many people. Thanks to all the people that believed in her. Who backed her financially to keep the school going. Brilliant lady. Passed to soon, but accomplished so much.

  • @lesleyyoung7192
    @lesleyyoung7192Ай бұрын

    What an uplifting, blessed, and phenomenal black woman. This is who we are and our story! Fight for it! Honor it!

  • @marketads1
    @marketads115 күн бұрын

    The world gets better each time a special person like Ms Wright is lifted up and opened to us all.

  • @patwilliamson875
    @patwilliamson875Ай бұрын

    I totally loved and enjoyed this wonderful moment in history about our founder. Truly a masterpiece. I'm so happy her story is being told. VC/VU Class of '92.

  • @normanbrown9225
    @normanbrown9225Ай бұрын

    HER NAME ALONE DEFINES SO MUCH OF HER BEING❤

  • @bellarose6509
    @bellarose6509Ай бұрын

    I am so impressed with how this woman was able to focus through all the difficulties of her time in this country, and in the South, including her personal health issues, to not just support herself, but help generations of young people become educated, to prosper and to pass on her legacy in all of their own works and lives. Imagine having that kind of impact. Amazing! ❤

  • @jacquelineroberts9271
    @jacquelineroberts9271Ай бұрын

    Thank you for this most powerful in for mation,my rather was born and raised in Tuskegee,my mother in Notasulga.After my husband died l moved to Tuskegee,to enjoy my golden yrs.What a shame I'm just learn- ing this now.l'm so happy and proud to learn all black history God is so good.l'm 73yrs old and still find ing out these great and wonderful things. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @vrj40
    @vrj40Ай бұрын

    Just completed a presentation on Olivia Davidson Washington.

  • @bridgettestokesconner9401
    @bridgettestokesconner9401Ай бұрын

    Amazing Grace❣️ I’m employed by Fort Valley State University, an HBCU in rural Georgia. I’m also an Adventist. It is a pleasure to know and experience how far we have come basically from our own dreams and ambition. Praise God for His people who helped along the way.

  • @prosussex
    @prosussexАй бұрын

    Thank you for sharing this great beautiful story.

  • @ronicamartin8204
    @ronicamartin8204Ай бұрын

    Wonderful story! This documentary keeps her legacy alive!

  • @user-ti3vy4mf6p
    @user-ti3vy4mf6pАй бұрын

    Divine Manifesting for sure.......Is there at least one Voorhees left on the Planet with the same mindset????? And Evelyn Wright is genius in every way. The school is still here 125 years later. Imagine over 100 years ago things were being done by those brilliant People banned from The History books.

  • @user-ti3vy4mf6p

    @user-ti3vy4mf6p

    Ай бұрын

    Reminds me of Our Anna Laurel......another legend waiting on some props

  • @patriciahercules6852

    @patriciahercules6852

    Ай бұрын

    Integration ,our biggest problem.

  • @icecreamladydream
    @icecreamladydreamАй бұрын

    Wow!! I love love love this. So much respect

  • @rozchristopherson648
    @rozchristopherson648Ай бұрын

    Thank you for this video. God bless. 🧡🧡🙏🙏

  • @user-gx9dq9fx4g
    @user-gx9dq9fx4gАй бұрын

    These are the history lessons that should be taught in schools. What this woman accomplished was historical. One woman bringing together many for the benefit of others to gain knowledge. Evelyn Wright was a gift who gifted.

  • @musicartlover963
    @musicartlover963Ай бұрын

    That was absolutely 💯 inspiring. ❤ it 😊

  • @reneedennis2011
    @reneedennis201127 күн бұрын

    I never heard of this remarkable woman. Thank you for this documentary.

  • @user-wi8hj5dq9f
    @user-wi8hj5dq9fАй бұрын

    Love this documentary , a successful determined woman , made her path, and wanted a path for other black students, with a lot of obstacles in her way 😊

  • @dorothybrown8859
    @dorothybrown885928 күн бұрын

    Thank you for sharing this fascinating documentary about such an inspiring Black woman!

  • @andreathomas2099
    @andreathomas2099Ай бұрын

    A pleasure to hear, thank you.... our history is TRULY AMERICAN... despite( MASSIVE) terror...... (Keep up these recordings.....)

  • @brandonsmith6353
    @brandonsmith6353Ай бұрын

    What an amazing story of perseverance and dedication.

  • @RR-ur4kz
    @RR-ur4kzАй бұрын

    Thank you for sharing our history 🤎

  • @helenabarnett1699
    @helenabarnett16995 күн бұрын

    I’ve been learning more and more about Black Legends throughout history recently that I had never heard of before. It’s sad that the schools reduce Black historical figures to the same handful of ppl every year.. & now certain states don’t even want to teach about those or that slavery and the events that followed for Black America ever even happened. This stuff is so important and it’s unfortunate that some ppl, including ppl in power, feel otherwise.

  • @poetsforyah3641
    @poetsforyah364117 күн бұрын

    I appreciate learning about this amazing woman who has positively impacted the lives of so many people for years to come!

  • @RaiKap-qf3jx
    @RaiKap-qf3jx14 күн бұрын

    What a brilliant woman.What a legacy she left through many physical and social struggles.God rest her soul in peace.

  • @CH-Anointed
    @CH-Anointed23 күн бұрын

    I am in tears! Such a phenomenal story and an innovative woman.

  • @lucindanobles7728
    @lucindanobles772828 күн бұрын

    Thank you for this documentary about an awesome woman whose vision, determination and her strategic fundraising expertise to create this university from its infancy to become her living legacy for education in the African American community. I was especially amazed at her board of directors whose consistent financial support exists today. May God continue to bless her legacy to education for our people.

  • @BrahT-qo8ii
    @BrahT-qo8iiАй бұрын

    I am a White Man and this story is very inspiring. What a unselfish, brave and tenacious woman. How people have changed.

  • @elainedoornbos3566

    @elainedoornbos3566

    Ай бұрын

    ...& how some Black women STILL, have tenacious determination never taking "no" for an answer & continue to flourish to this very day.

  • @BrahT-qo8ii

    @BrahT-qo8ii

    Ай бұрын

    @@elainedoornbos3566 I married one 34 years ago. Best thing I ever did in my life.

  • @rosepeacock9530
    @rosepeacock9530Ай бұрын

    What an awesome testimony of a great visionary during very difficult times❤

  • @bluesquirrel3919
    @bluesquirrel3919Ай бұрын

    Resilience

  • @katieydiddkatieydidd7269
    @katieydiddkatieydidd7269Ай бұрын

    Elizabeth Wright went through so much just to educate children. I'm impressed by her tenacity and willpower.

  • @sharinaross1865
    @sharinaross1865Ай бұрын

    Things that aren't taught

  • @elainesmith7512

    @elainesmith7512

    Ай бұрын

    Yes, it's so sad this generation has probably never heard of her of her, but they probably know everything about Beyonce, Megan the Stallion, Rihianna, ad nausuem!🤢 So sad!😟👎😢

  • @c.t.murray3632
    @c.t.murray3632Ай бұрын

    love KZread. this is so helpful to my well-being. Just found out that Margaret Murray was instrumental in helping Lizzy succeed. You know I'm smiling because my last name is Murray. This is great history thank you

  • @StevenEverett-jj2bk
    @StevenEverett-jj2bkАй бұрын

    THE ALMIGHTY!!!!! GOD!!!!! USED HER IN SUCH AN PROFOUND!!!! WAY!!!! ON A PINNACLE!!!!! LEVEL!!!!!

  • @BettyThompson-qn7cl
    @BettyThompson-qn7cl26 күн бұрын

    Incredible woman!! Thanks for sharing

  • @CheerfulAlien-bf1kp
    @CheerfulAlien-bf1kp24 күн бұрын

    Absolutely amazing woman. Rest in peace 🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️

  • @vanessasanders5647
    @vanessasanders564723 күн бұрын

    Thanks so much for sharing

  • @amani2222
    @amani2222Ай бұрын

    A short life well lived 🙌🙌🙌

  • @erainnajohnson1123
    @erainnajohnson1123Ай бұрын

    Thank you !

  • @ennisel
    @enniselАй бұрын

    #ReginaKing would be a good casting for this movie

  • @cfoster6804

    @cfoster6804

    Ай бұрын

    Yes!

  • @ancestorbackwithanewname
    @ancestorbackwithanewnameАй бұрын

    My goodness. What an AMAZING story…thank you so much for sharing.

  • @user-mt5vp9yp5b
    @user-mt5vp9yp5b26 күн бұрын

    I'm so impressed this woman was incredible...❤❤

  • @VisibleTimes
    @VisibleTimesАй бұрын

    This is my first time hearing this important story ❤❤❤

  • @ellieteixeira3621
    @ellieteixeira3621Ай бұрын

    Thank you 🙏🏽 for share this amazing story ❤

  • @sarahl8590
    @sarahl8590Ай бұрын

    She accomplished a life time of work, for the love of her people selflessly

  • @shekhemmaakherumenmetu9270
    @shekhemmaakherumenmetu927012 күн бұрын

    What A Amazing Godwoman who impacted even White people with her determination, and dedication to our African community. She was a visionary and path finder. The Enlighten Ancestors got you now, until your return. Thank you.

  • @amani2222
    @amani2222Ай бұрын

    A truly amazing young African American woman with a vision and rich legacy!

  • @acmcgowan751
    @acmcgowan751Ай бұрын

    Awesome sister. RiP. Thank Gid for black people who sincerely love black people. A beacon in darkness. Eternal Life in Yahowashi Hamashiac. RIP.

  • @cherylwin9364
    @cherylwin9364Ай бұрын

    AMAZING

  • @seanbyrd9973
    @seanbyrd997328 күн бұрын

    AMAZING story! Who knew!!! 😊

  • @amycrumedy6586
    @amycrumedy6586Ай бұрын

    A lot of Cherokee in black Women.

  • @shakeythaburgess9580
    @shakeythaburgess9580Ай бұрын

    Wow!🙌❤

  • @reginadixon4341
    @reginadixon434128 күн бұрын

    Wow, this is amazing history why can’t this be taught in schools as well as the murdering and brutality but yes, it’s always beautiful uplifting stories so why can’t this be told in school as well as the slavery stories? Tell it all what amazing woman.

  • @oliviayt9809
    @oliviayt9809Ай бұрын

    Beautiful, I never knew of this amazing woman ❤❤❤❤

  • @alfairefountaine4150
    @alfairefountaine4150Ай бұрын

    May Queen Elizabeth Rip 🙌🏾

  • @paulinewilson720
    @paulinewilson72027 күн бұрын

    Amazing woman lived a short and purposeful LlFE

  • @emmisurvivedsocanyou1101
    @emmisurvivedsocanyou110123 күн бұрын

    ❤❤❤ 👑 💪 💐💐💐💐 💐

  • @ronaldworthy157
    @ronaldworthy157Ай бұрын

    Dr umar Johnson can take a page out of the book from Lizzy .

  • @cfoster6804

    @cfoster6804

    Ай бұрын

    😂

  • @manuellubian5709
    @manuellubian5709Ай бұрын

    It's interesting how Mr Voorhees never wanted to set foot on the college campus yet and still still didn't mind contributing large sums of money, to a place he would never visit. Kind of makes you wonder if maybe underneath everything he might have still been harboring thoughts and issues regarding racism perhaps.

  • @SDBOGLE
    @SDBOGLEАй бұрын

    No Black Americans are African descent as told in the schools. How is it possible for so many millions of so-called africans but no languages? Bantu people speak 680 different languages. Wright was born on April 3, 1872, in rural Talbotton, Georgia. Her father, John Wesley Wright, a Black carpenter. Her mother, Virginia Rolfe, was a Cherokee woman. Wright went to a school held in a church basement. In 1888, she matriculated at Booker T. Washington's Tuskegee Institute as a night student. After two years, Wright moved to Hampton County, South Carolina, to assist in a rural school for black children. After the school was burned, she returned to Tuskegee and graduated. The Wrights are from England all black people.

  • @malaika444
    @malaika44428 күн бұрын

    I don't think anyone is confused about who the devil's spawns are. APTTMH for exacting His wrath upon them.

  • @TheReal-yq3gr
    @TheReal-yq3grАй бұрын

    WHO ARE HER GREAT GRANDKIDS DOES SOMEONE KNOW ???????????????

  • @kdfree9810
    @kdfree981029 күн бұрын

    WHY IZ IT CALLED VOORHESE?

  • @PamelaTaylor
    @PamelaTaylorАй бұрын

    If it Wasnt 4 Many To Not To Adhere To What People So Silly People Wanted, That Help So Many Future Black American People, That Yall 4 the Sacrifice

  • @lfresh1673
    @lfresh1673Ай бұрын

    The Wrights were wealthy. The family was instrumental in the founding of Georgia.

  • @mzwright2745

    @mzwright2745

    19 күн бұрын

    Thank you. I'm so tired of this "Slave" BS narrative that's always pushed on our Ancestors. She was a full-blooded Indian on, on both sides of her family. She was a "Rolfe" aka John Rolfe of the Powhatan Nation who Pocahontas was forced to marry.

  • @annettemillette273
    @annettemillette273Ай бұрын

    Charcoals would of cured her ulcerative stomach

  • @user-fz1bk5lx4v
    @user-fz1bk5lx4vАй бұрын

    American schools kept us out of there curriculum

  • @indigenoussoul4106
    @indigenoussoul4106Ай бұрын

    Most, so-called Black Americans are the true Indigenous Americans Aborigines AKA American Indians... Peace...

  • @KOKAYI69
    @KOKAYI69Ай бұрын

    Africans-n-America . . . not Slavs-n-America!

  • @lovelivelife3092
    @lovelivelife309228 күн бұрын

    I'm confused her father had 2 wife's legally huh?

  • @charlotteburton1908
    @charlotteburton190817 күн бұрын

    Beautiful documentary! I remember speaking with Mr Reid years ago when he was doing research. I attended Voorhees right out of High School but it wasn't until now that I fully understood what it meant to attend this prestigious School. I feel honored and blessed!💙🤍

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